Open Wide Your Mouth

Daniel 3- 4; Psalms 81; Revelation 17 

“Hear, O my people, and I will warn you – if you would but listen to me, O Israel! You shall have no foreign god among you; you shall not bow down to an alien god. I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.”

Psalm 81:8-12

This Psalm was to be sung at the temple’s ceremonial days when Israelites came to Jerusalem to worship. The Lord was reminding them that there was better food than their festival sacrifices. God wants to fill our mouths with his Word. Our responsibility is to surrender our hearts - often stubborn - to him. “Open wide your mouth” symbolizes a posture of receiving like hungry children who need assistance getting food to their mouths.

Are we eager listeners in prayer, or just eager talkers?

Are we willing to repent of all the distractions and influences in our lives which keep us from being with God?

There is a banquet the Lord has for us!

“Lord Jesus, I hear your invitation to open wide my mouth and dine with you, for your glory.”